Can Hugin stitch overlapping Moon photos?
Asked 9/28/2021
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I’m trying to combine two partial images of the Moon into one mosaic using Hugin. The shots were taken with an EOS 1100D and a 1400/100 Maksutov lens. Hugin initially failed to find useful control points, and in preview only one frame appeared.
Is there a reliable way to get Hugin to stitch Moon images like this? Are there any settings or preparation steps that help with lunar mosaics?
Originally by Photography Stack Exchange contributor. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
Photography Stack Exchange contributor
4y ago
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With the images you supplied, Hugin (version 2020.0) had no problem automatically finding control points. As you can see, the distance was very good (zero is desired outcome) with average control point distance = 1.36, standard deviation = 0.82, and maximum distance = 3.39.
From the Photos tab:
I used Hugin's CPFind to generate control points.
Optimized geometric Positions (incremental, starting from anchor).
Stiched image from the Stitcher tab.
Edit:
Not sure if the images you used are exactly like the ones you posted. As depicted in the Hugin GUI image below, I removed the transparent areas before moving them in to Hugin.
Originally by user98537. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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Yes — Hugin can stitch overlapping Moon images if there is enough shared detail. Based on the community test, Hugin 2020.0 was able to find control points automatically and stitch your sample images successfully using CPFind, then optimizing geometric positions incrementally from an anchor image.
One practical step mattered: remove any transparent/blank areas around the images before loading them into Hugin. Extra empty borders can interfere with control-point detection and preview behavior.
If Hugin finds control points but the preview still looks wrong, check that the images truly overlap and try a normal geometric position optimization rather than unusual panorama settings. For a Moon mosaic, the workflow is closer to stitching a simple overlap mosaic than building a wide panorama.
So the main “trick” is: crop the images tightly to the actual lunar content, then run CPFind and standard geometric optimization. If your version struggles, behavior may differ by release, since the successful test was done in Hugin 2020.0.
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